That is, an Uninterruptible Power Supply. Why? Well, on Saturday I had a bit of a power failure: in the middle of working on a project. I didn’t lose much…but I did lose some project work. Frustrating experience…

So, now I have my own little battery backup: 45 minutes of continuous power. That should give me plenty of time to save my work and shut down! Comes complete with handy-dandy auto shutoff software (which I have not yet installed).

Its just one of those things which I’ve considered doing for ages – being self-employed, I’m in that position where my livelihood depends on having my equipment continue to work, my back-ups be consistent, and that I not lose work to emergencies. This was pretty minor; but I have to be conscious of the greater potential. I’m lucky that my little reminder came with a loss of only an hour of pretty routine processes – rather than while I was in the middle of trying to solve some kind of tricky, unusual problem!